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- The Instincts of Life & Death - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2012 from John AllanThe Instincts of Life and Death Eros, said Freud, is one of our basic instincts. From the ancient Greek, Eros refers to the God of Love, which we might see as creation. You can read about it here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros). The multitudinous number of all human instincts, might be ...
Views: 1868(1 vote) - The Aftermath of Near Death Experiences – Perceptual and Spiritual Transformations - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranResearch on Near Death Experiences proves that those who return from the clinically dead state are profoundly changed for the better in a number of ways. Those who listen to them with their hearts can move on to a holistic and wholesome life. We all go through many experiences in life. The ...
Views: 1866(2 votes) - What the Post-Mortem Letter Should Contain - by Submitted on May 24, 2012 from Laura MortonThe following items should be included in the post-mortem letter. To-Do List • Notify your employer (remember to include phone numbers). • Notify certain friends and relatives (provide a list with phone numbers). • If you have volunteered as an organ donor, provide the information ...
Views: 1866 - 5 Stages: How To Manage Grief After Losing A Loved One - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2017 from Brooke ChaplanWhen you lose someone you love, it can be a very difficult time to get through. You might not want to go on in life yourself, especially if it's someone you were close to, like a parent or a child. There are a few ways that you can manage your grief so that you can be a support for your family ...
Views: 1863 - Living at the Bottom of a Well - a Journey through Grief - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2012 from Sheri N HallLiving in the Bottom of a Well By Sheri N Hall You look up, you see a small circle of light- no it is not ‘Gods light’ but it is the way out. It is seemingly far away but closer than you think. It is very small; sometimes non-existent sometimes you cannot see it because you don’t want to ...
Views: 1857(1 vote) - Back Pain Treatment to Restore Healthy Living - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2013 from Igor StilerAwareness about the causes of back pain helps to deal with the condition. You can achieve gradual but long-lasting improvement for back pain through various physical therapy treatments. Back pain is a common condition affecting people of various age groups. Effective back pain treatment ...
Views: 1854 - Kubler-Ross Aside. This is a roller coaster ride! The ups and downs of the grief process - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Gayle LaSalleIt has been said, by those in the know, that the process of grief and loss has stages. While it is agreed these stages don’t necessarily show up in predictable patterns or in specific order, I am hear to tell you there’s much more than stages to the grief process than stages. The work of ...
Views: 1844 - MID-SPRING LONG-RANGE FORECAST: An Infinite Parade of Births and Deaths - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2015 from joan pancoe“Learn the art of taking your stand on the Truth within. When you live in this Truth, the result is a fusion of the mind and the heart and the end of all fears and sorrows. It is not a dry attainment of mere power or intellectual knowledge. A love which is illumined by the intuitive wisdom of ...
Views: 1842(1 vote) - Advance Directives, Living Wills, The Five Wishes ® are Not Just About Ending Life… - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2012 from Allan BaronEven though Massachusetts does not recognize the living will to be an enforceable legal document; as an Attorney, I still advise my clients to have one, but not just your typical living will – a form too general in my opinion. I provide my clients with the Five Wishes document. If they so ...
Views: 1839(1 vote) - Yes or No to Hospice: It Truly is a Personal Choice - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2015 from Frances C RodriguezWhen Mama’s doctor had mentioned hospice about two years before the dementia had been diagnosed, we hadn’t been ready and neither had Mama. Granted, we, my siblings and I, had already been caregivers for our mother who hadn’t been able to take care of herself for the previous three years. But ...
Views: 1837 - Setting a relaxing space for care-givers and the rest of us - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Marcus PadulchickRunning here and there, picking up children from after school events, stopping at the grocery store, making beds, dressing and feeding a new born baby, making business appointments, doing bill paying, mowing the lawn… sounds exhausting? These are just a fraction of the daily activities you ...
Views: 1834(3 votes) - Breaking Through Your Own Denial of Death As A Caregiver - by It appears to me that how we cope with grief is directly related to how we look at our own mortality or death. Death is not something we like to focus on. But in reading so many books on death and dying by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross and Stephen Levine, it has become evident to me that the more ...
Views: 1829 - Free Flowing Psychology – A Healthy Way to Meet Turbulent Life - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2017 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIt is good to observe how we burden ourselves unknowingly due to the habitual neurology. The fear of life and the fear of death arise due to living with that burden. It is possible to drop that burden and live with freedom. Deepening self-awareness and the non-conformist attitude help us in ...
Views: 1827 - I'm An Adult Ophan - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2008 from Annette GonzalezI am an adult orphan. I'm not anyone's child anymore. Both my parents have died. There is no smooth transition from being a child in the family to becoming an orphan. One day you have parents and the next day you don't. It's quite a revelation to know that there is no one to approve or ...
Views: 1815 - Combating Post Traumatic Stress, Depression and Suicidal Thoughts in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the New York Worl - by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
My view of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is where a witnessed event or series of events is so traumatic (foreign to what we are used to and extremely severe) so that an emotional and possible autonomic response is implicitly embedded into our unconscious mind ...
Views: 1814 - Why Psychics Charge Money - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from William ConstantineI have been asked by many people about those with a “gift” charging for their services and I would like to take a moment to discuss my views on that. There is this notion within the paranormal and spirituality community that those with an ability; healing, intuitive, mediumship, etc. should ...
Views: 1809(1 vote) - When A Loved One Dies: What to Expect - by Submitted on May 30, 2011 from Cristina MardirossianDealing with Grief & Loss Shock, Denial, Numbness, Disbelief -The pain exists, but you may not experience it fully yet. Your body, mind, and spirit take over to help you survive. Physiological symptoms can include: stomach aches, nausea, & insomnia -Grief does not always get easier as ...
Views: 1800(1 vote) - Use memories of the person you lost to help you grieve - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2014 from Frank HealyWhen you lose someone to death, the tendency at first is to focus on how bad it is because you will never see them again. However, you can go through the mourning process more quickly when you go through memorabilia of the person and allow yourself to enjoy reminiscing. Read about this and other ...
Views: 1799 - The True Self is Anonymous – It is the Divine Essence in All beings - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2014 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe essence in all beings is a spark of the Divine and so, it is the same in all. It is not identified with any nation, race or religion. Thus, it is anonymous, like a tree in a forest. The awareness of this fact brings in universal love in human beings. The Ego-self and The True Self We ...
Views: 1795(1 vote) - Effervescence to Natural Spirituality and Freedom – Anita Moorjani’s NDE. - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2015 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranPeople fall prey to conditioned responses unknowingly. As a result, their reactions to others become robotic. They can release themselves from this sad state of affairs through transcendence brought about by simple self-awareness towards inner freedom. That would lead to discovering natural ...
Views: 1793 - Near Death Experiences and Their Amazing Physiological Aftereffects - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIn the aftermath of quite a few near death experiences, the person gets cured of almost impossible medical conditions much to the amazement of the hospital staff. We look into some case studies and the possible inferences from them in this presentation. There are many aspects of near death ...
Views: 1792(2 votes) - Grief, Healing, and Wholeness - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2015 from Janet PfeifferElizabeth Kubler-Ross defined the five stages of grief in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying. Grief is a deeply personal process and each individual experiences it on their own terms. Some may endure all five stages, others only a portion; some progress in a seemingly reasonable period of time, ...
Views: 1791 - Grieving - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Teresa JoyceGrief – it’s a word we can all relate to, if we have ever suffered the pain of losing someone close to us. It’s a word that is associated with love, the empty feeling it leaves behind as the bottom of our world falls out. It’s a word that is associated with death, as we try to move on in our ...
Views: 1785(1 vote) - Holistic Life Through Understanding The Vaster Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranPeople keep searching for peace and happiness by revolving within the content of the mind which is conditioned by circumstances and genetics and, consequently, very limited in its ability to perceive. True vision lies in the wider consciousness. The sequence in the wider field seems to ...
Views: 1783(1 vote) - Experiencing Life ~ Death - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Linda RadfordI sat in the hospital as my dear friend Scott slept. At the age of 50, his head of beautiful dark hair rested against the pillow. His once muscular body has been ravaged. By what? …They had no answers. The veil between this existence and the next was so thin, and I felt tender knowing that I ...
Views: 1779(1 vote) - How To Start A Funeral Home - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from Steve HillStarting a business incurs careless payables, that is, money you owe for services or products bought on credit. This merchandise would seem on the balance sheet of your company as a current liability, which is expected to be paid in lower than a yr (short time period). A funeral home is trade ...
Views: 1769 - Funeral Service Needs Funeral Programs - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Steve HillThe funeral program is an occasion that can be covered with a huge piece of information. I look at the funeral program as a need for the deceased family. The information will produce all of the much necessary data needed by visitors and family that observe the funeral. First, the produced ...
Views: 1767 - The Near Death Experience and the Universal Connectivity - An Esoteric Revelation - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranParanormal phenomena like the near death experience and the out-of-body experience have brought to light the connectivity of all living beings and the feeling of oneness at their essence. Can we move towards that holistic awareness? Among the many important messages from near death ...
Views: 1755(2 votes) - Soul Pain Describing and Defining - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2011 from Dr. Jane SimingtonDescribing Soul Pain Between tearful sobs, Mary confides the painful story of how her life has become meaningless and of how parenting issues and marital problems have escalated since the suicide death of her teenage son, four years before. Listening to the descriptions of the ...
Views: 1752(1 vote) - Death Bed Thief - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2010 from Julie HallExploitation can raise its ugly head in the midst of unsuspecting situations. Such was the case with the Garvey family (not real name). Mom and Dad Garvey were about the nicest people you'd ever wish to meet. Their three adult children lived nearby; they loved to have all the grandchildren over ...
Views: 1749(1 vote) - Keeping you relationship strong through the death of a child. - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Dr. Jane SimingtonNavigating Turbulent Waters of Grief? Tighten the Life Vest on Your Relationship For more than thirty years, I have been a professional, helping people as they move through difficult life experiences. I am also a bereaved mother whose son was killed when he was 13 years of age. My therapeutic ...
Views: 1746(3 votes) - Life Between Lives - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2014 from Peter DennisIf you don’t believe in reincarnation, it might be because you don’t have any reason to – fair enough. If you reject the idea and are a reasonable person, you have probably looked at the evidence objectively and have rejected it for what you believe to be good reason – also quite fair. If, on ...
Views: 1742 - The four human tasks of dying - communication - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2010 from Malcolm PayneThe founder of the Hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders, identified four important human tasks that people want to complete during the process of dying. They are: • To say ‘goodbye’ – to people, animals and things that have been important to them • To say ‘thank you’ – for a life together, ...
Views: 1741 - Funeral for a Friend - Four Gifts to finding New Life in Death - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2011 from Deb ScottIt has been said, “Anyone can die, but not everyone can live.” Can you relate to this? I have been attempting to go to daily Mass for Lent (please don't hate me because I'm Catholic!), and it just so happened the other day was a Funeral Mass for no one in particular I knew. Or did ...
Views: 1739(3 votes) - Waking up to the Deeper Meaning of Life – Help from Near Death Experiences - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranTo lead a meaningful life requires the understanding of its lofty purpose and our little place in the vast scheme of things. The messages from near death experiences (NDEs) go a long way in helping us perceive the sacredness of life – and the sacredness of death too! Much of humanity on this ...
Views: 1734 - Don Cornelius: Life, Death and an Opportunity to Learn - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2012 from Lateef Terrell WarnickUnless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 4 decades, chances are you’ve at least heard of Soul Train if not Don Cornelius himself. Just as a quick reminder, Don Cornelius is the creator of the Soul Train show. He went from being a local DJ in Chicago to creating one of the longest ...
Views: 1727(1 vote) - Dealing with Personal Tragedy - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2017 from Michael MalkushYou have heard it before. Life is short, enjoy each day. Live every day like it is your last. Everything in life can change quickly. In a brief moment your life can be turned upside down. None of us know when we will die or when someone close to us will. This is my story about the ...
Views: 1724 - The Sweetness of the Leaving - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Regina MurphyMany years ago, I fell in love with the movie “Pay It Forward” and the theme song “Calling all Angels” by K.D. Lang which was also the theme song of the TV show “Beauty and the Beast”. I really couldn’t understand the meaning of the words at first and was sure I heard the words wrong. As I ...
Views: 1721(2 votes) - The Importance Of Planning: It Is Not A Question Of If, It Is Always A Question Of When - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Beatrice Toney BaileyOften, I have been asked why I wrote my book, Farewell, My Friend (FMF), so I have decided to tell you. My husband’s battle with lung cancer was an arduous journey for both Rick and I. It is a journey that many other caretakers have or will have to take during their lifetime. FMF is ...
Views: 1720 - Visions of Terminal Patients Before Passing Away – A Reassuring Phenomenon - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIt has been known that some terminal patients report paranormal visions when they are close to passing away. A careful look at those reports can help us receive profound messages regarding what happens at the transition between life and the afterlife. A lot has been published about the ...
Views: 1717(1 vote) - Different Customs Of Burial - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from Steve HillAlthough the popularity of the burials has been lessening down but in today’s world also there are 30% of people who believe in burial over cremation. It is known to everyone that burial and cremation are the two options for disposing the human dead body. Though cremation is much earlier than ...
Views: 1708(1 vote) - Keeping A Positive Attitude - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Ellen GerstA woman was shopping when an adorable little statue caught her eye. It was fun, and she had to have it! Once at home, she examined the purchase more closely and realized it was a metaphor for her life. She had bought a “Woo” doll, and the attached tag read: “The Woo is a benevolent force ...
Views: 1706(5 votes) - The Extraordinary Strength And Wisdom Of A Child - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Julia HallisyMy daughter, Katherine Eileen Hallisy, fought cancer five times by the time she was ten years old. As is so often the case, it is the extraordinary strength and profound wisdom of a child touched by hardship that inspires those around her to channel their grief into action. In October of ...
Views: 1706 - Enjoying God's Gifts - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2015 from David HarmWith the weather changing and the days getting longer, it is easier to get outside and get some fresh air. Shortly after my heart surgery the weather turned cold and it was hard to get out. I remember one morning going to get some groceries and I forgot to wear a hat. My head got cold and I ...
Views: 1704 - Sleep Right or Die Early - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Jim BlondinPillows: Killing us softly. This is not just a catchy title but a fact. You can not live well unless you sleep well! “We die without sleep”! Our organs shut down without sleep! Proven by a researcher who kept animals awake from 6 months to 30 months and stated “they did not die from not ...
Views: 1704(5 votes) - The Truth of Reincarnation Can Broaden Our Outlook and Perspectives - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe understanding of reincarnation leads to perspectives on many hidden issues of life so that our vision expands. As a result, the outlook on one’s life also expands helping us treat everyone and everything on earth with respect and dignity. It is good to live one’s life on this earth ...
Views: 1704 - Common Depression Symptoms to Watch Out For - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2011 from Wendy LauA romance gone wrong, a death of a loved one, a disappointment in your endeavours are just a few of the reasons why we become sad. Sadness and grief are normal. It’s just how the body reacts and cope to some of life’s stressors. Typically, most people will heal and then revert back to their ...
Views: 1702(3 votes) - A Cure for our Fear of Death - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2011 from Mike PolischukIn Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris", the protagonist complaints that he doesn't know whether he should marry his fiancee, and whether he loves her at all. The reply he gets from a fictional Ernest Hemingway contains the most brilliant lines in the movie (quoting from memory): "When you ...
Views: 1701(2 votes) - Dealing with Death Openly - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Barbara McDowallA lot of the conversations I am having right now revolve around death and dying. This is of great interest to me because it is a subject near and dear. There is something quite liberating when we explore this subject in more depth. Over the years, I have become increasingly aware of the ...
Views: 1699 - 10 Ways To Support Someone Who Is Grieving - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2007 from Jan TincherHow can we help and support someone who is grieving? Here are ten tips: 1. Call weekly, twice weekly, daily, or weekends, whichever is appropriate. Try to do it at the same time of day. If you call at 6 p.m. (as an example) daily, weekly, or whenever, they know when you will be calling and ...
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